linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv11a 2.6.36-rc2-tip 12/15] 12: perf: show possible probes in a given file.

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Message-ID: <4CBEBCD4.7030800@hitachi.com>
Date:	Wed, 20 Oct 2010 18:56:36 +0900
From:	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>
To:	Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...radead.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
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	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
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	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
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	2nddept-manager@....hitachi.co.jp
Subject: Re: [PATCHv11a 2.6.36-rc2-tip 12/15] 12: perf: show possible probes
 in a given file.

Hi Srikar,

(2010/08/27 23:21), Srikar Dronamraju wrote:
> Introduces -S/--show_functions option for perf-probe.
> This lists function names in a File. If no file is specified, then lists
> functions in the current running kernel.

Hmm, I think the basic functionality of this patch (I mean
functions in running kernel) could be merged separately
from this series.


> +	OPT_BOOLEAN('S', "show_functions", &params.list_functions,
> +				"Show potential probes."),
> +	OPT_CALLBACK('D', "limit_dsos", NULL, "DSO",
> +				"Limit Dsos.", opt_limit_dsos),

However, I'd rather use --funcs/-F and --dso/-D instead of
above. :)

Thank you,

-- 
Masami HIRAMATSU
2nd Dept. Linux Technology Center
Hitachi, Ltd., Systems Development Laboratory
E-mail: masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com
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